ZOMBIE LEGISLATION: Despite being rejected two years ago by the General Assembly, the city has again proposed monetizing the water it owns to help it pay down long-term obligations to employees. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE WATER SUPPLY BOARD
Some ideas won’t die, no matter how bad they are. Two years ago Mayor Jorge O. Elorza floated a plan to create a new state-supported water-supply board that would pay the city for access to the water it owns and sells to retail and wholesale customers across the state. The proposal was designed to help…
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